Different bands

[jackmurray]

I want to get into some different bands and was wondering if you could tell me of any ones I may like. I like dream theater, pantera, rush, liquid tension and joe satriani. Not a very broad range, so I was wondering what are some good bands I could download and have a listen to. I like heavy stuff, and instrumental stuff, but i'm open to anything.

Thanks, Jack

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Heavy and Instrumental? Well heres some stuff


Clutch - Kickass Hard Rock
High on Fire - Ditto
The Red Chord - Brutal crushing metal
Dillenger Escape Plan- Mind bending , technical, brutal metal
Mastodon- prog metal
Crowbar - Has ex Pantera members
Bad Brains - Hardcore band, if you like Pantera.......
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Avant Garde Metal
Faith No More - Mike Patton
Mr.Bungle - Mike Patton
Tomahawk-Mike Patton
Fantomas- Mike Patton
Hidden Hand - Stoner Metal/Doom
WitchCraft - Prog/Stoner metal
St.Vitus- Doom/ Stoner Metal
Obsessed- ditto
Kyuss - Stoner Metal to the fullest
Pelican - THE best epic/atmospheric metal band
Isis- Almost as good as Pelican
Book of Knots - Crazy prog metal
Miasma and the Carousel of Headless Horses - Scary, yet damn good.

By the End of Tonight - Epic instrumental rock
Zeni Geva - Japanese Stoner Rock
Opeth - Dark Prog Metal
The Mass - Jazz Metal


And of course if you haven't already, check out Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath , Legendary bands.

That should keep you busy for a while, i might have some more later.

[jackmurray]

Wow, that was an awsome answer, I wasn't expecting that, thanks man. If anyone else has any more, they'd be much appreciated.

Jack

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Also, if you wanna get into jazz I suggest:

Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Ornette Coleman
Mahuvishnu Orchestra
Marc Ribot
Kenny Wheeler
Jeff Beck
Santana
Sun Ra
Thelonious Monk
Chick Corea
The Lounge Lizards



BTW, you probaly should have posted this in Recordings or Miscellaneous, but its cool. A mod will probaly fix it for you, just remember next time......

[Tash]

Go buy Opeth's "My Arms, Your Hearse" and "Blackwater Park" right now. You can't really describe this band to anyone properly. Just listen and decide for yourself.

Every one of their albums is brilliant, but I feel these two best encapsulate their sound as a whole. Actually I think Blackwater leans a bit too far in the lighter prog rock direction, but it is their most accessible album for people who are not into harder metal. If your a fan or melodic death or black metal already then I suggest starting with My Arms and either Morningrise or Still Life.

[jackmurray]

Opeth and pelican are mad. I downloaded a few of their songs. I really dig them, thanks for pointing them out. Do either of them have a DVD out? I'd be interested.

Thanks for your help, Jack

[gottawalk]

Gentle Giant
The Producers
Gino Vannelli; "Appolusa"
Alice Cooper; "From the Inside"
The Tubes

Head out to Barnes & Noble; they, (and other stores, now), have listening spots to scan discs and hear cuts off them to review before you buy. Take a long list with you and check 'em out!

[Tash]

Originally Posted by jackmurray

Opeth and pelican are mad. I downloaded a few of their songs. I really dig them, thanks for pointing them out. Do either of them have a DVD out? I'd be interested.

Thanks for your help, Jack

Opeth has a live DVD called Lamentation which is supposedly great, I have not seen it.

[Don W]

Originally Posted by Tash

Opeth has a live DVD called Lamentation which is supposedly great, I have not seen it.

Opeth's dvd is great. This is probably my favorite concert dvd. They do the album Damnation in its entirety and then play a second set of their heavier songs.

[Adam Barkley]

Damn Page, you are on it. But don't steal all my answers.

Plus you don't even know that the Mass are incredible, yet. I stuck the package in the mail yesterday by the way.

I'll add:

If you like Sleepytime, try to find Idiot Flesh. Rare, but worth it.

If you like Pelican or Isis, try Kayo Dot. Again for a different, rarer version of most of the Kayo Dot line-up, look for Maudlin of the Well.

If you turn out liking The Mass, get Ephel Duath's album Painter's Palette.

Not sure if you dig the -core stuff, but I'm digging Norma Jean as of late.

If The Red Chord or DEP are too musical for you, check out An Albatross. They are about as spastic as I have heard.

If you want to get into something without any metal influences you can post in a thread I created called, You'd Like. It's been pretty popular and successful for the most part.

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Originally Posted by abark000

Damn Page, you are on it. But don't steal all my answers.

Plus you don't even know that the Mass are incredible, yet. I stuck the package in the mail yesterday by the way.

Well You brag about the Mass so much I figured Id suggest em. Im pretty sure ill dig em anyway.

And when I replied the first time I thought " Now how would Adam reply?"